There are many terrifying stories about the misery endured by patients in 19th century asylums, and while they seem too horrific to be true, the real history of psychiatric hospitals may be even worse than you imagine – and in some places, the nightmare is still happening today.
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“The Thing on the Doorstep,” H.P. Lovecraft, written 1933, published 1937
“Ten Days in a Madhouse,” Nellie Bly, 1887